A2 Spanish Vocabulary Lesson
3 Words for Transport
3 palabras del transporte
2:12 min video · 9 sentences · 3 key words
Transcript with English
Hide the English to test yourself.
- Quiero un billete para Valencia.I want a ticket to Valencia.
- ¿Cuánto cuesta el billete de tren?How much does the train ticket cost?
- No tengo el billete en el móvil.I don't have the ticket on my phone.
- Estoy en la parada del autobús.I'm at the bus stop.
- ¿Dónde está la parada de metro?Where is the metro stop?
- La parada no está muy lejos.The stop is not very far.
- Hoy he perdido el autobús.Today I missed the bus.
- No quiero perder el tren.I don't want to miss the train.
- ¿Perdemos el metro si salimos ahora?Do we miss the metro if we leave now?
About this lesson
Learn three useful Spanish transport words: el billete, la parada and perder. Each comes with example sentences and a common mistake English speakers make.
How to practise
- Learn each word on its card: the word and what it means.
- Repeat every example out loud in the Te toca · Your turn pause, then check the Don't say card: how not to use the word.
- At the end, take the quick quiz on the theme's words.
el transporte Transport
| Word | Meaning | Don't say |
|---|---|---|
| el billete | ticket (transport) masculine noun, comprar un billete | Quiero un ticket de tren. ✗ · Quiero un billete de tren. ✓ For transport use billete; ticket is mostly a shop receipt. |
| la parada | stop feminine noun, la parada de autobús | El parada está cerca. ✗ · La parada está cerca. ✓ Parada ends in -a and is feminine, so use la. |
| perder | to miss, to lose verb, perder el autobús | Siempre extraño el autobús. ✗ · Siempre pierdo el autobús. ✓ To miss a bus is perder; echar de menos means to miss a person. |
Key words
| Spanish | English | Level |
|---|---|---|
| el billete | ticket (transport) | |
| la parada | stop | |
| perder | to miss, to lose |
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